Doctoral program in Analytical Chemistry and the Environment

Objectives and competences

Objectives and competences

Objectives

Competences

Doctoral studies guarantee, as a minimum, the acquisition by the doctoral candidate of the following basic competences as well as those others that appear in the Spanish Higher Education Qualifications Framework:
a) Systematic understanding of a field of study and mastery of the skills and research methods related to this field.
b) Ability to conceive, design or create, implement and adopt a substantial research or creative process.
c) Ability to contribute to extending the frontiers of knowledge through original research.
d) Ability to carry out critical analysis and evaluation and synthesis of new and complex ideas.
e) Ability to communicate with the academic and scientific community and society in general about their areas of knowledge in the ways and languages commonly used in the international scientific community.
f) Ability to promote, in academic and professional contexts, scientific, technological, social, artistic or cultural progress in a knowledge-based society.

Admission pathways

Access

In general, to access an official doctorate program you must have an official Spanish bachelor's degree, or equivalent, and a university master's degree and have passed a minimum of 300 ECTS credits in all university degree and master's studies. It can also be accessed by anyone who is in any of these cases:

      
• Be in possession of official Spanish university degrees or equivalent Spanish degrees, provided that at least 300 ECTS credits have been passed in the set of these courses, accrediting level 3 of the Spanish Qualification Framework for Higher Education.

      
• Be in possession of a title obtained in accordance with foreign educational systems belonging to the European Higher Education Area (EEES), without the need for it to be approved, which accredits a level 7 of the European Qualifications Framework, provided that this title is valid for to access doctoral studies in the country of dispatch. This admission does not imply, in any case, the approval of the previous title that the interested party is in possession of or the recognition for other purposes than that of accessing doctoral studies.

      
• Be in possession of a degree obtained in accordance with foreign educational systems outside the EEES, without the need for it to be approved, after verification by the University of Barcelona that this degree accredits a level of training equivalent to the official Spanish master's degree university and which, in the country of dispatch, entitles you to access doctoral studies. This admission does not imply, in any case, the approval of the previous title that the interested party is in possession of or the recognition for other purposes than that of accessing doctoral studies.

      
• Be in possession of another doctoral degree.

      
• Equally, university graduates who, after obtaining a place in training through the corresponding test for access to specialized health training places, have passed with a positive evaluation at least two years of training in a program to obtain the title, can access official of one of the specialties in health sciences.

      
• The graduates, architects or engineers who were in possession of the diploma of advanced studies obtained in accordance with what was established in Royal Decree 778/1998, of April 30, or who had reached the research sufficiency regulated in Royal Decree 185/ 1985, of January 23.

Admission requirements

The Academic Committee has established the following specific requirements:

1. To be eligible for admission, candidates must hold one of the following qualifications:

a) Master's degree in Analytical Chemistry or master's degree in Water. Interdisciplinary Analysis and Sustainable Management, from the University of Barcelona. In the latter case, the student must have taken a bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Pharmacy or Environmental Sciences. The Erasmus Mundus Master in Quality in Analytical Laboratories (EMQAL) will be considered a satisfactory equivalent.

b) A master's degree issued by a higher education institution in the European Higher Education Area, of the same academic level and offering equivalent research training to the master's degrees indicated above, at the discretion of the Academic Committee.

c) A degree issued by a higher education institution outside the European Higher Education Area framework, which does not have to be officially recognized but which proves that the holder has a level of education equivalent to the university master's degree in Analytical Chemistry.

2. Knowledge of English. Candidates must provide official certification of English language proficiency (at level B1 or a recognized equivalent). Candidates who cannot provide official certification will be able to demonstrate their language skills in a personal interview with a representative designated by the Academic Committee.

Enrolment

You can find all the information and enrolment prices at the Doctoral School

Lines of research and teaching staff

Research lines

101305 - Characterization of organic substances with biological and environmental applications
101304 - Inorganic and radiochemical pollutants in the environment
101303 - Organic pollutants in the environment
101307 - Development of chemometric methods and application to analytical problems
101306 - Organic and bioactive substances in biomatrices and food matrices

Research plan and progress reports

You can find all the information at the following links:

    
• Research Plan
   
• Activities document
   
• Annual monitoring report and evaluation

Training activities

Doctoral thesis

Criteria for theses as a collection of publications:  

Doctoral theses submitted as a collection of publications must meet the following requirements: 

• The thesis must include, in addition to a general introduction, an abstract presenting the works, describing the importance of the research topic and specifying the research objectives. 

• The thesis must include an overall summary and discussion of the results as well as final conclusions. 

• A copy of the manuscripts must be included in the body of the thesis and the names and affiliations of all co-authors of the works and the complete citation of the publication must be clearly specified.  

• Theses submitted as a collection of articles must have more than half of the works accepted for publication. These publications must all be journals indexed in the Journal of Citation Reports (JCR). 

 

Thesis languages: 

Doctoral theses can be submitted in any of the official languages of Catalonia or in English. 

 

Theses subject to data protection regulations:  

The stipulations of the University of Barcelona's regulations governing doctoral studies will be applied. 

 

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Career opportunities

What can you work on ?

The doctoral degree represents the highest academic distinction that a person can obtain in their training and entitles the holder to pursue an academic or research career and to access postdoctoral research grants at national and international university or research centres. The PhD qualification also facilitates recruitment by research departments and analytical, environmental and bioanalytical laboratories in private companies as well as in public administration and companies. They can also work as teaching professionals in pre-university education.

Contact us

PhD coordination: anna.dejuan@ub.edu

Phone: 934 039 778